Organometallic, Inorganic, Physical chemistry; molecular spectroscopy; structure and reactivity of transition metal hydride complexes and main group hydrides; intermolecular interactions; hydrogen bonding and proton transfer in organometallic chemistry; supramolecular design based on macrocyclic pyrazolates of copper(I) or silver(I) and metal-oxo clusters with organoelement and organic ligands

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Three new types of intermolecular hydrogen bonds typical for organometallic compounds have been comprehensively explored: hydrogen bonds to transition metal atom as proton acceptor, to hydride ligand as proton acceptor and with hydride ligand as proton donor. Approaches to mechanistic studies of proton transfer reactions of transition metal and main group element hydrides have been developed. Their application allowed showing a guiding role of various unusual hydrogen bonds that determine the proton transfer pathway and the reaction selectivity. Relationship between the thermodynamic and kinetic parameters of each reaction step and peculiarities of potential energy profiles have been deduced.

Solvent-controlled synthesis of tetranuclear cage-like copper(II) silsesquioxanes. Remarkable features of the cage structures and their high catalytic activity in oxidation of benzene and alcohols with peroxides